Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A method for localizing a mobile device, comprising: receiving, at a localization server, a message from the mobile device sent over a Client Device Access Network (CDAN) and including a coarse location indicator of a coarse location of the mobile device; determining a unique address of the mobile device associated with a second communication network; identifying a retailer station including a transceiver in proximity to the indicated coarse location; and initiating a direct communication between the retailer station and the mobile device using the second network unique address, wherein initiating includes a communication between the localization server and the retailer stations over a third network.
2. The localization method according to claim 1 , wherein the CDAN is a cellular network.
3. The localization method according to claim 1 , wherein the second communication network is a WiFi or Bluetooth network.
4. The localization method according to claim 1 , wherein the CDAN and second communication network are different networks.
5. The localization method according to claim 4 , wherein the different networks are based on different communication protocols, frequencies and modulations.
6. A localization server, comprising: a first database for storing records indicative of physical locations of each of a set of retailer stations; a second database for storing correlations of unique identifiers of mobile devices within a first Client Device Access Network (CDAN) to unique identifiers of the mobile devices in a second communication network; a communication module for receiving a message from a target device including a coarse location indicator of a coarse location of the target device and a first unique identifier of the target device associated with the CDAN; and a controller adapted to: (i) compare the coarse location to locations stored in the first database and identify a retailer station within the set in proximity to the coarse location; and (ii) retrieve from said second database a second unique identifier of the target device associated with the second communication network; (iii) automatically trigger direct communication, based on the retrieved second unique identifier, over the second network, between the identified retailer station and the target device wherein said localization server communicates with the identified retailer station over a third network, distinct from the second communication network.
7. The localization server according to claim 6 , wherein the CDAN and second communication network are different networks.
8. The localization server according to claim 7 , wherein the different networks are based on different communication protocols, frequencies and modulations.
9. The localization server according to claim 8 , wherein the CDAN is a cellular network.
10. The localization server according to claim 7 , wherein the second communication network is a WiFi or Bluetooth network.
11. The localization server according to claim 7 , wherein said localization server communicates with the retailer stations over a third network, distinct from the CDAN and second communication networks.
12. A method for no-click check-in, comprising: automatically transmitting from a mobile device, over a Client Device Access Network (CDAN), a mobile device coarse location indicator of a coarse location of the mobile device to a localization server; receiving a mobile device specific signal based on a unique address of the mobile device, from a local communication node selected by the localization server based on proximity to the coarse location, over a second network; transmitting an acknowledgement of receipt of the signal to the local communication node; and receiving a pushed message associated with the local communication node triggered by the localization server communicating with the local communication node over a third network.
13. The method for no-click check-in according to claim 12 , wherein the CDAN and second communication network are different networks.
14. The method for no-click check-in according to claim 13 , wherein the different networks are based on different communication protocols, frequencies and modulations.
15. The method for no-click check-in according to claim 12 , wherein the CDAN is a cellular network.
16. The method for no-click check-in according to claim 12 , wherein the second communication network is a WiFi or Bluetooth network.
17. The method for no-click check-in according to claim 12 , further comprising using the localization server to communicate with the local communication node over a third network, distinct from the CDAN and second communication networks.
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October 30, 2018
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